On Saturday, May 9, Bluffton will celebrate the “art all around us” with the 49th annual Bluffton Arts & Crafts Festival. This street-festival style show is open to vendors with noncommercial arts and crafts. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is taking applications with early bird discounts through April 17.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE IS BELOW -
Get your ticket before it’s a sell out.
The Bluffton Music Boosters annual chicken barbecue-shrimp dinner and concert is Friday, March 27, at the Bluffton Middle School.
Fourteen music groups from fourth grade to BHS seniors are on the program from 4 p.m. on. Groups are directed by Alice Basinger, elementary; Rachael Lewis, orchestra; David Sycks, band; and Kara Zink, choir.
THIS EVENT IS RE-SCHEDULED FOR MAY 9. WATCH THE ICON FOR MORE DETAILS COMING IN APRIL.
A spring local vendor pop up shop features 12 vendors from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 14, at The Centre of Bluffton, according to Cindy Luginbuhl, one of the event planners.
Featured vendors include:
• Rodan+Fields
• Color Street
• LuLaRoe
• Thirty One
• Tupperware
• Plunder
• DoTerra
• Younique
• Tastefully Simple
• Scentsy
• Norwex
• Pampered Chef
There's a Mom2Mom sale Saturday, March 7, from 9 to noon at Ebenezer Mennonite Church gym, 8905 Columbus Grove Road.
At Mom2Mom sales, you'll find gently used kids’ clothes, covering all ages, plus maternity wear, accessories, and toys, etc., sold by moms to moms. This sale is sponsored by the local MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) group, which meets at Ebenezer.
Bluffton Senior Citizens Center begins spring OVAL classes at the end of this month.
OVAL stands for “Our Version of Adult Learning” program, hosted by the Senior Center after Bluffton University stopped holding adult learning classes in 2018.
Tonya Meyer, association director, announced OVAL’s weekly schedule of programs for the coming months.
Here’s the schedule:
